GLADNEWSF O R M U S L I M S

Our calling and goals are:12

To love and share Jesus effectively with as many people as possible, especially Muslims, and

To motivate and equip believers and churches to do the same.

God gave me the opportunity to use Arabic Christian Satellite TV to share Jesus with multitudes of Muslims.

I met for two hours live on Arabic Christian Satel-lite TV with two PH. D. Muslim Imams. The topic of discussion was Jesus. They thought it was easy for them to prove that Jesus is just a prophet. They were greatly amazed when I presented the evidence from the Qur’an and the Bible that proves that He is more than a prophet: He is God made manifest in the flesh and He is our only Savior.

The evidence I presented to our audience included: According to the Qur’an and the Bible, Jesus is: 1. The Messiah, 2. The Word of God, and I explained what these titles meant, 3. The Qur’an says that Jesus is “a Spirit from God”, and we believe that God is a Spirit and Jesus is united to God in One Spirit throughout eternity and He humbly took an additional nature – a human nature and came to our world. He had two natures: divine and human united in one person, 4. The Qur’an agrees and states that Jesus was born of a virgin through the Holy Spirit, not through a human father, and, 5. Lived a life without committing one single sin, etc…)

The two PH. D. Muslim Imams were: Dr. Sheik Aziz Abdin, Los Angeles, CA and Dr. Sheik Marawan Saad Al Dein from Arizona. Our audience was tens of millions of Muslims all over the world. We received so many phone calls from Muslims and people overseas.

My name is Malak…I have always been a Muslim. Let me say that since I read your book I fell in love with God. I am now happier than before. I saw and felt what I haven’t seen nor felt before: God’s love for me and I have a problem now- I am falling in love with Jesus. And the last email Malak sent me: Thanks for helping me experience and enjoy God’s love and salvation. I am planning to buy your book in Arabic so that I can give it to my parents when I go visit Lebanon. Your book has changed the way I look to God and certainly changed my life.

I met Malak when I spoke at Calvary Chapel Tallahassee, FL, and I introduced her to the whole church during the sec-ond service. It was an extremely joyful and emotional day for many believers. Tears of joy filled my eyes.

Hello Samy, we were really blessed by your presentation and knowledge in how to minister to our Muslim friends in our community and around the world. We really got some great response from our fellowship! God is truly working through you my brother. The message you share of God’s love and salvation is very compelling and encour-aging! You fired up our con-gregation with your excite-ment and love! We love you Samy and look forward to having you out again and

do a live broadcast on our radio station here…

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By God’s grace, my wife Hala and I labored; I traveled continually all across America and Overseas to witness to Muslims and to speak every Sunday in a different church. I can’t share every praise report we received. Here are some of them :

Samy, I was blessed when you spoke at our church. I was set free that morning from a wrong way of thinking and I am grateful for your ministry. – JoAnne, CCTallahassee, FL (big church)

Our book was distributed to Muslims at the biggest mosque in California.

Samy, Thank you so much for coming down to Calvary Chapel Montebello to speak. We appreciate you fondly... – Senior Pastor Poncho Juarez (big church)

Our materials were sent and used by God overseas in many restricted Muslim countries: 1. I have been using your book in North Africa and sev-eral closed countries. I want you to know that God is using this book to lead Muslims to Christ in these counties. – Pastor Travis Hunt, Roseburg Christian Fellowship 2. Your book has made the Mauritanian News. Major newspapers showed a picture of your book, warning the people of Mauritania (almost 100% Muslims) not to read your book. – Pastor David Witt, Director of Spirit of Martyrdom Ministry 3. Your book helped believers and missionar-ies to witness to Muslims in Turkey. Also, some Muslims came to Christ through the book. – Lottie Spencer, Calvary Chapel Greer, South Carolina 4. I equipped and trained Indonesian believers to share Jesus effectively with Muslims. 5. Our materials were used in Kosovo to train Christians and share Jesus with Muslims. 6. Our Farsi translation of Glad News was used by some of our missionaries to reach Iranian and Afghani Muslims.

Samy, it was great to see you again at CC Tehachapi. You are such a nice man and so full of the Spirit. You teach us how to spread the Good News to all, including Muslims. – Elder Paul Smith

Samy has a passion for people to hear the good news of Jesus Christ. Samy has the gift of evangelism. God has given him favor…We have had Samy share both at our Sunday morning services and at a Seminar. We look forward to serving more with him in the future. – Senior Pastor Bryan Blank, Little Country Church, CA (big church)

Samy and Hala Tanagho714.514.2558

www.gladnewsministry.comsamy@gladnewsministry.com

Glad News For MuslimsP.O. Box 28961

Santa Ana, CA 92799

A word from my heart... I know that our ministry produces many eternal fruits because:

1. God is with us, strengthening and guiding us.

2. God gave me the calling, passion, education, experience, message, and the most effective evangelistic tools. 3. God brings believers like you to pray for and financially support the ministry God called me to fulfill.

Because of God’s grace and your support I am (we are) used by God to help many Muslims enjoy God’s love and salvation. Pray that God will send our ministry more financial partners to enable us to share Jesus with multitudes of Muslims. We also pray that God would provide a center (home) for our ministry which includes a couple of offices, storage area and rooms to receive and train ex-Muslims. If God has put it on your heart to partner with us, you can contact us or send your tax-deductible donation to our address below. God will richly reward you.

– Senior Pastor Rick Skelton, Calvary Chapel Victor Valley, CA(big church)

Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest. –Psalms 126:5-6 NLT

A message from Samy to our precious Pastors

Since 1 out of every 4 persons living in the world today is a Muslim, and because Islam is growing very rapidly all over the world, including America, I would like to ask you to allow God to use me to equip your church to share Jesus effectively with her neighbors, including Muslims.

And He Himself gave some to be...teachers for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. – Ephesians 4:11–12

More testimonies onhow God is using us...

Highlights from my mission trip to the Middle EastPastor Dave Shirley, the Director of Calvary Chapel Bible Colleges, invited me to go to Israel to teach the students at Calvary Chapel Bible College in Jerusalem. Course title: Islamic Apologetics: The Uniqueness of Jesus.

It was a perfect oppor-tunity for me to pour out my life and give them as much information as possible. I shared with them over 35 years of my life experience in shar-ing Jesus effectively with Muslims. My wife Hala, an ex Muslim, shared with Palestin-ian Muslims on how she was thrown in prison in Egypt for her faith in Jesus and almost lost her life. There she met three ex Muslims in prison and they decided to pray and sing Chris-tian songs. God used them to help many Muslim prisoners to get saved.

Dave Shirley, Director of CC Bible Colleges wrote me that he received many praise reports from the students, and Doug, the Director of the Jerusalem campus, emailed me: “Samy, the students were so excited right up to the last minute before leaving. They were running out sharing their faith with the Muslim friends they made… so great.” I received invitations to speak at Bethlehem Bible Seminary, Nazareth Bible Seminary, Arabic churches, Calvary Chapel Golan Heights, and in meetings that included Muslims. The President of Bethlehem Seminary and other pastors, thanked our ministry for donating thousands of Arabic books to them. They confirmed to me that they gave these books to thousands of Palestinian Muslims. Over 100 Muslims

came to Christ!

Dear Samy, I wanted to thank you for your ministry to Muslims. My father is Iranian andwas raised in the Muslim religion. When I gothold of your book Glad News… in Farsi, I was soexcited to share it with him. About a month lateras he and I spoke, he couldn’t stop telling me how much he loved the book! The book answered many of his questions and gives him clarity. I am blessed to

say he now considers himself a Christian. – Rosanne Gutierrez

Dear Samy, you blessed me as I watched you on Calvary Chapel Montebello’s podcast. God used you to change my heart. Your ministry brings such excitement and hope! Thank

you both. – Kathleen Flores, Big Bear, CA You came and ministered at Christian Life Fel-lowship in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We sent out

thousands of your books to people with Arabic (Muslim) sounding names in our community. Your book in Arabic is still being distributed here-primarily to Muslim women in public places.

Last Sunday a gray haired man born in Egypt came to our church with your book in his hands and he wanted to be baptized. We baptized him. I

wanted to joyfully let you know about our new brother brought into the Kingdom because of

your ministry. May the Lord continue to bless your ministry. I know it is not easy. – Bert Robinson, Elder Samy, please accept my humble thanks to you and Hala for your Spirit Filled Ministry. – Melanye Fletcher, Calvary Chapel Eastside, WA I just want to thank you again for sharing your heart at Calvary Chapel El Centro. Since 9/11 I have struggled with loving Muslims and asked the Father to change my heart. God answered my prayers by having you come. Several times during your teaching I teared up as I felt the Spirit touch areas in me that needed to be changed. I am so grateful to God and to you. – John A. Pyle Jr.

Pastor ChuckSmith and Pastor BrianBroderson invited me to speakat my home church, CalvaryChapel Costa Mesa. Many of usfrom CCCM gave our powerful Christian materials as a gift to multitudes of Muslims at the Arab (Muslim) American Festival in Garden Grove, CA

Samy, I heard you speak at a retreat in California and I read your book and I have enjoyed learning more about how to witness about Jesus with Muslims. I am living and working in Afghanistan and have had some opportunity to share with some of the locals here…

I flew to Fresno to attend a big meeting organized by Bill Glass Prison Ministry. Bill introduced me to about 500 volunteers who gathered in The Bridge Church to get ready to share Jesus with prisoners. I gave them books, CDs and DVDs to equip them to share Jesus effectively with the growing Muslim population in America’s prisons.

Thank you SO much for coming to CC High Desert. You opened my eyes… My wife and I were on a cruise and I gave an Indonesian man your book. His eyes filled with tears of joy. We pray that your book will be a seed in his Indonesian community. – Pastor Jesse Hudson, Jr High Ministry (big church)

Hi Samy, God has softened my heart so much through whatyou shared and your book.God bless you and your wife!– Debbie Erman, Calvary ChapelEastside, WA

Throughout the year I hadmany opportunities to share valuable informationthrough Christian radio.

Tim Brown and I recordedcable and satellite TVprograms to introduceJesus to 40,000 AfghaniMuslims in Freemont and to Muslims overseas.

Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest. –Psalms 126:5-6 NLT

Samy, I gave a copy of your book in Arabic to Murad, an Egyptian Muslim man, and he came to the Lord.– Bruce Gunter, Calvary Chapel Santa Maria

Samy, I gave your book to two of my Muslim car deal-ers that I work with here in Greenville, South Carolina and got a good reaction from them. One said he would like to come to Calvary Chapel Greer to hear more! He even moved his prayer rug out of his office. It’s a start. J – Mandy May, Calvary Chapel Greer

I met the Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel Tracy at our CC Senior Pastors’ Conference. He told me that after I spoke at his church and gave a Muslim woman my book, she came to Christ. She was a leader in spreading Islam in Tracy, CA.

Dear Samy and Hala, we are so glad to be partnering with you in this awesome ministry! Thank you for your hearts in reaching people with the gospel; it’s truly awesome! Samy, we so enjoyed hearing you speak at our church in Twin Falls, ID. God used you to mold our hearts to see Muslims the way He does. We are so grateful for that.– Chad & Jamie Horton, Lighthouse Church, ID

Dear brother Samy, thank you so much for the unique superb sermon you brought us at Calvary Chapel Eagle here in Idaho. It made my wife and I aware that we had been prejudiced concerning Muslims…– Jerry and Barbara Grimm

I wanted to tell you that after hearing you speak and reading your book, I feel more equipped to talk to Muslims about Jesus. I now understand how they think and how to answer their questions. I wish I had read it a few years ago. If I had, I would have done a better job in my past experiences. – Linda Rasmussen, Abundant Grace Church, Las Vegas, NV

Dear Samy, thank you so much for coming to Spring Valley Bible Church. I can’t tell you how much you changed my perspective. Honestly, I viewed Muslims with disdain in my heart. – Shelly Ishida, Milpitas, CA